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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Furniture truck driver
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Henry Walker 111, 35, Macon,
was arrested for driving while
license suspended on June 10.
He was reportedly driving a
Rhodes Furniture delivery truck,
delivered the furniture to a cus
tomer and while backing out of
the driveway, struck a truck. Two
scratch marks on the truck were
the same height and distance
apart as the loading bumper on
the Rhodes truck, according to a
responding deputy. A check of
Walker’s license reportedly
came back suspended June 7
for failure to appear in court on
Feb. 4.
Houston educators attend Perry conference
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
Westside Elementary
School teacherAs Kamaria
Shaw and Karen Pullum
were schooled this week.
They were only two of
about 1,000 educators regis
tered at the third annual
Teaching Writing and
Reading Conference held in
Perry at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter.
As they stood outside of
the Roquemore building
they discussed how the day
had enriched them.
Several Houston teachers
took advantage of a variety
of speakers who gave pre
sentations that ranged from
helping kindergartners with
writing, to teaching vocabu
lary words, to giving writing
a voice.
Shaw and Pullam had
recently attended a work
shop given by Marcia Tate, a
Dekalb County educator,
entitled, “Creating a Brain
compatible Classroom.”
Shaw called it “the most
phenomenal session she had
attended.”
“Teaching fourth grade
isn’t just about managing
behaviors,” she said. “Going
to this made me realize my
students need to be more
active. Tate recommended
activity in the classroom
every 10 minutes.
“But that doesn’t mean
they need to be out of their
seat, but they need to be
actively engaged.” For
example, they can be
engaged in role-playing,
physical interpretations or
discussions.
Shaw said they also dis
cussed how a student’s con
fidence level can affect the
way they learn in the class
room.
“It was so powerful, I feel
like I can go back and share
this with my school, there
was so much detail,” Shaw
said.
Pullum agreed.
“You can’t have a passive
class,” she said. “Students
do need to be more involved,
and they will have more
retention. We learned 20
ways to actively engage stu
dents. And we remember
the session so well because
she demonstrated the strat
egy while talking to us.”
Shaw said, “I’m ready to
take what I’ve learned into
the classroom immediately.”
She wasn’t the only
teacher who felt this way.
Angela Sallette, a fifth
grade teacher at Russell
Elementary School, also
attended sessions.
At the end of the day, she
browsed books to take into
the classroom for her stu
dents.
“I wish this conference
was closer to the beginning
of the school year, because it
really motivates me,”
Sallette said.
Julie Williams, conference
coordinator with Dodge
Learning Resources, said
she was very pleased with
the turnout, saying it was
the highest so far.
Williams said they strive
to have published educators
available for teachers to
have access to.
Speakers also included
educational researchers,
master teachers and college
professors from all over the
country.
She said the conference is
an opportunity for teachers
to expand their professional
learning in teaching, writ
ing and language arts.
POLICE
BEAT
Contract disputes
A woman reported she paid
$1,968 for a man to lay tile in her
home but he had not completed
any of the specified contract.
A man reported he was con
tracted to deliver furniture and
did so. He was paid with a check
drawn on uncollected funds.
A woman reported paying S7O
for three piano lessons, but each
time the lessons were sched
uled, the instructor has an
excuse for not fulfilling them.
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Teaching, Writing and Reading in a session by Macon educator Mae Sheftall.
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annual Georgia Conference on Teaching, Writing and
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Houston County teachers Sharon Forrester and Jeanie
Hogan listen and take notes at the third annual Georgia
Conference on Teaching, Writing and Reading in a ses
sion by Macon educator Mae Sheftall.
had suspended license
Person(s) known
Between June 6-13, person(s)
unknown, possibly contractors in
the house, stole three pieces of
jewelry from a glass jewelry box
in a dresser in a Royal Crest
Circle home.
Between June 8-13, person(s)
unknown broke into a Winship
Drive home and stole two pillow
cases, four guns, a gas blower,
two air compressors and a
Weedeater. No other items
taken such as jewelry or elec
tronics. The door was pried
open, apparently with a crowbar
found on front lawn.
Between June 11-13, per-
unknown, possibly vic
tim’s son, took an air compres
LOCAL
sor from the victim’s truck.
On Monday, a Farr Road resi
dent reported a neighbor had cut
his cable line. The neighbor
reportedly admitted to having
her son cut the line that went
across her property and was
attached to her power pole. She
was advised to contact the cable
provider if she had a problem
with the cable.
Personts) unknown
Monday, a Quail Run resident
reported person(s) unknown
went through his yard around his
brick mailbox; and a Welling
Way resident reported his truck
was keyed by person(s)
unknown.
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